The north wind is cold, the remnant sun is cold, the willow trees are withered, the official road is smoke and dust, but the city of Xuzhou is noisy and restless, and there are crowds of people. It's not as good as this bleak view.

Tao Qian specially bathed and changed clothes, looking bright, and smiling when he met people. Then he took all the civil officials and military generals to line up to greet the marquis, all dressed brightly, full of energy, waiting eagerly, with excitement and uneasiness on their faces.

There are also all the people who are also black, some of them are excited, whispering from time to time, and some are looking left and right, irritable. But they all have the same purpose, which is to wait for the hero's return.

Han Xue and Han Shuang were dressed in a tight blue silk robe, draped in a snow silk shawl, and holding a sword, the two were dressed the same, their expressions were exactly the same, and their faces were full of joy and pride. accompanied by the touching and pitiful Diao Xiu'er. Everyone is beautiful, and Cai Wenji, who is full of talent, went out of the house together to welcome the triumphant return of her sweetheart.

During the Han Dynasty, although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "deposed a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone", it was not deeply rooted in the end. Therefore, Cai Wenji and the women boldly went to the street like this, and they didn't say anything.

In the past month, Wen Ji and the pair of sisters can be described as having been in the past few years, and they have been under tremendous mental pressure in their hearts. Xiao Pei's movements reached their ears as soon as possible. cheered and laughed together for the victory in the first battle, and was worried about Xiaopei being besieged, and it was difficult to sleep and eat. When the spies took Zhang Lang to repel Cao's 300,000 army, Zhang's mansion was thunderous, and Wen Ji was so happy that she shed tears, this victory was really hard-won. She didn't want anything else, she didn't want glory, she didn't want to be famous, she just wanted Zhang Lang to come back safely and stand in front of her intact. At this time, the charming smiles on the faces of the jade girls in Zhang's mansion once again bloomed, beaming with joy. Everyone has a big appetite, and inadvertently finds that both Wen Ji and Xiu'er have cleared a lot.

Cai Yong is also at ease in Zhang Lang's mansion at these times, and it is difficult to write the history of the Han Dynasty, so he came to tune the piano and practice calligraphy, and at this time he was also happy that his son-in-law, who had not passed the door but was also a certainty, was so majestic that it was rare to step out of the door to accompany Wen Ji and others to greet him.

When Zhang Lang and his army arrived in Xuzhou, they were all shocked, this welcome scene was too grand, Tian Feng, Cheng Yu and others were also dumbfounded, a group of people inside and outside the city gate of Xuzhou, the salutes were everywhere, and the band played the welcome music early, even when Tao Qian himself served as the assassin of Xuzhou, I believe it was not so grand.

Among the civil and military ministers in Xuzhou headed by him, they all greeted each other in a narrow way.

Zhang Lang saw Tao Qian's white hair, his face was full of smiles, and under the support of the attendants, he slowly greeted him, hurriedly brushed and dismounted, and came to see Tao Qian, and his movements were very neat.

Tao Qian broke away from the attendant's hand and hurriedly walked two steps in front of Zhang Lang, the old hand grabbed Zhang Lang's arms tightly, and the old man was very relieved. praised repeatedly: "The halal is the blessing of my Xuzhou, saving Xuzhou in danger, I should thank the people of Xuzhou first." After finishing speaking, he really took three steps back and wanted to make a big salute.

Zhang Lang was startled again, hurriedly stopped him from giving a salute, shook his head like a betel nut drum, and said continuously: "Tao Gong can't be like this, how can Zhiqing take responsibility." "No matter how successful he is, it is impossible for him to accept Tao Qian's gift.

Poor Tao Qian is old and sick, and he has recently been worried about losing his guts, and he is very weak, and he can't do anything if he wants to salute, so he can only back down and signal the attendants on the side to bring things up.

Zhang Lang saw that the box brought by the attendant was fine, boxy, about a cubit long, and the width was the same, made of dark red nanmu, with an object on it, covered by a big red scarf cloth, and he didn't know what was in it for a while. However, Zhang Lang faintly felt that his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

At this time, Tao Qian took the box, suddenly turned to Zhang Lang, with a complicated look in his eyes, handed it to Zhang Lang, and said in a dumb voice: "Qian has governed Xuzhou for several years, and he has done nothing, and now he is old and sick, and he will die soon, and his second son is not talented, and he is not worthy of the country's great responsibility." Xuzhou has escaped such a catastrophe, and Mr. is willing to take charge of Xuzhou with Mr. ”

The officials in Xuzhou were also festive, but they were suddenly stunned by Tao Qianlai's hand. None of the people expected him to make this move, they all looked at each other left and right, surprised, and their eyes stared at Tao Qian, seeing his silky white hair, although his shriveled old face, he was also very resolute. Everyone looked at Zhang Lang again to see how he dealt with it.

After the battle of Xiaopei, they are more aware of Zhang Lang's ability, act decisively like thunder, have a long-term vision of the world, know that people can be used, and are good at accepting advice, corporal etiquette, love soldiers like sons, soldiers return to their hearts, and the three armies are ordered, if he can become Xuzhou Mu, he will be able to show his strengths under his hands.

At this time, the ritual music also stopped, and the people were quiet, as if they knew what was going to happen, they all looked at Zhang Lang quietly, and the atmosphere did not come out.

Zhang Lang's face was stunned, his heart was full of turmoil, he was in a dilemma, and an idea came out of his mind, whether to accept or not to answer.

Let's take it, I have been to Xuzhou for more than a year, although I broke the yellow scarf before, and now I am defeated by Cao Ying, but in the final analysis, it is said that it is shallow, and the foundation is not too stable, and Tao Qian's governance of Xuzhou has been deeply rooted, although he now has a heavy army, and the local forces are deliberately getting along with Tian Feng and Cheng Yu, the relationship is gradually improving, but there has been no breakthrough in the surname.

Guo Jia is dissolute and unrestrained, Tian Feng is too upright, and Cheng Yu is rigid and difficult to reconcile with others. All three of them have a common flaw, they are not tactful enough.

If you don't take over Xuzhou, it feels really a pity, if you want to plot the Central Plains, you must have your own foundation, this Xuzhou soldiers are full of food, and it is a strategic place, which is where it comes in. What's more, he can't reorganize his soldiers and horses without any scruples.

If Zhang Lang had a moment to buffer, he might be able to come up with a good solution, but now he just couldn't make up his mind, so he could only look up and look at the reaction of the three of them.

Tian Feng on the side had his eyes shining, his face was smiling, his hands were behind his back, his head was held high, and when he saw Zhang Lang's eyes swept over, as if he was asking, he bowed his head slightly. It seems that he thinks that he has no objection to defeat Cao Ying's authority and take over Xuzhou, and the time is quite ripe. Then he looked at Cheng Yu and saw him stroking his beautiful sideburns, with the same smile on his face. Guo Jia also nodded.

The three major think tanks all agreed, and they seemed to have a lot of confidence, and they wanted to reach out and take the official seal.

Suddenly, Tao Qian's eldest son, Tao Shang, took two steps forward, grabbed Tao Qian's old arm, and said urgently: "Father, please think twice." Yun Yun's voice was full of anxiety and uneasiness. It's no wonder that as soon as Tao Qian went, as the eldest son, he took over Xuzhou without reproach, at that time, the glory and wealth were inexhaustible, and he couldn't use it up, seeing that the duck in his hand was about to fly, how could he not be in a hurry.

This pottery merchant is okay, his body is thin and long, but his face is bleak, as white as powder, and it can be seen at a glance that he is addicted to wine.

Tao Qian turned his head and glared at him, his old face was a little numb, and said, "My father has thought very clearly, and I don't need to say more." ”

Cao Bao and other officials also wanted to step forward, but it can be seen that Tao Qian is very determined, but Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, Chen Deng and others did not react. I can only swallow the words.

The pottery merchant was very excited, and wanted to say something, but Tao Qian looked at him angrily, his white hair was flying, and he pressed his words into it, and then he walked away angrily. At the same time, he hated Zhang Lang in his heart, completely forgetting that he had just saved Xuzhou. Ignoring Tao Qian's old face, his face was blue and white, and he was crumbling in the wind.

Tao Qian's anger rose, if it weren't for the fact that the pottery merchants didn't want to forge ahead, didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, and put their little cleverness in the gentle township of the rouge people, how could they let outsiders work together in Xuzhou, and he also hated iron and steel. I can only shake my head and sigh.

The more Tao Shang thought about it, the more angry he became, and after taking two steps, he couldn't help but stop, turned back and pointed at Tao Qian and scolded: "You old fool, you give Xuzhou to others and don't leave it to your own son." ”

Tao Qian never thought that his son would scold himself so badly, and he didn't realize his hard work at all, he and Zhang Lang just said that they were in charge of Xuzhou together, and even if they went, the pottery merchant could still pick it up. I didn't expect to be so stupid and unenlightened, my body trembled for a while, my face was like iron, and my blood and qi flowed backwards and scolded: "You brute, I Tao Qian has a son like you, but the family is unlucky." After speaking, his chest rose and fell, vomiting blood and fainting to the ground. The box also fell to the ground, and the things covered by the red cloth towel were made of boxy pure gold, and it was the seal of Xuzhou.

The civil and military attachés were happy to welcome Zhang Lang's victorious return, but they didn't expect to see such a scene, they panicked, all of them panicked, shouted loudly, and quickly carried Tao Qian back to the mansion. The people also scolded the pottery merchant behind his back for not being filial, even if you are wrong, you can't scold him like this, plus the people in Xuzhou who don't know that Tao Qian is benevolent and frail, your scolding makes Tao Qian vomit blood angrily. Didn't you mean to send him to the West?

Seeing that his father vomited blood on the spot, Tao Shang felt remorseful, and wanted to go up to apologize, just took a step, but saw Zhang Lang pick up Tao Qian, who had fainted on the ground, with a concerned face, and another woman came up to check the pulse and whispered to him. A trace of guilt disappeared in his heart, replaced by a look of anger and hatred, and he turned away with a few generals without looking back.

The potter entered Xucheng and didn't walk for a while, and the general came up and flattered and whispered: "Son, be careful of damaging your body." ”

The potter was already angry, and he was annoyed, so he didn't shoot the horse's fart, slapped it on the horse's leg, and immediately ate a slap from the potter, and said angrily: "You kid don't give me a shiver, young master, I'm very annoyed now." ”

The general was slapped in vain, hit on the head with gold stars, fainted in all directions, and fell to the side. In a burst of wailing, he slowly got up, and at this time he suddenly found that among the crowd on the side, there were several women with peerless appearances and all kinds of charms. Among them, there is a pair of pearls and jade, they look exactly the same, and they are both first-class beauties. Although the general often fools around with the potter, but who has ever seen such a beautiful woman, he was stunned for a moment, stupid there, with a big mouth that can hold a fist, and his saliva is dripping.

The potter took two steps, and when he saw that the sycophant did not follow, he came back and saw that he was stupid for some reason, and he was even more angry, and stepped forward to kick him again, kicking him backwards and down, and in the screams of the people, he was powerful and blessed.

The general came to his senses, hurriedly got up and went to the side of the potter, pointed at Wen Ji and the other daughters and stammered: "Childe, look ......."

The potter was suspicious, but the expression on his face was very strange, and he couldn't help but look at the place he pointed.

It's okay not to look at it, but the potter was stunned when he saw it. The whole person suddenly seemed to be lost and depressed, forgetting all about what had just happened, and only staring at Wen Ji and the girls stupidly. One is more pretty than the other, one is more beautiful than the other, and in the end, it looks flawless. He also boasted that he was usually chic, and Xuzhou had a little famous beauty such as a number of family treasures, how could he never have seen such a moving beauty, not to mention four, no matter who one of them, he could compare the so-called beauties outside the ring, in front of them, like the moon and stars. The difference is one hundred and eight thousand.

The potter's spirit trembled, and he walked up unconsciously. The people also seemed to know the potter, and consciously got out of the way.

Wen Ji, Xiu'er and the others rarely went out once, but they didn't expect to meet the light prodigal son looking at him with confused eyes. Fang Xin couldn't help but be a little angry, and deliberately raised her head to look in all directions, out of sight.

The potter came to Wen Ji and the women, first deliberately brushed the dust of his clothes, and then bowed in a chic manner, and then smiled and said politely: "Ladies and ladies, forgive Xiaosheng for being presumptuous, it is really for your demeanor to suck, Shang Jin said that he was surprised to see all the fairies, and he was suspected of being in a dream, which is really a blessing for three lives." ”

Wen Ji felt very uncomfortable when she saw his face, looking at his pale face and clear figure, there was a world of difference between him and his sweetheart, compared to Zhang Lang's masculine beauty, the potter could only be regarded as a clown.

Han Xue lost to Zhang Lang in this life, lost the martial arts competition, lost her body, and finally lost her heart. Until now, he loves Zhang Lang to the extreme, and Narong's Xia Tao uses this lustful eyes to look at himself and Wen Ji and others. Fang Xin was slightly angry, not angry, and said coquettishly: "I've seen it all, what's the luck, you can get out." ”

The pottery merchant is still very personable in front of the beauties, and he didn't take Han Xue's cold sarcasm to heart, and he was still confused: "This sister has such a big temper, Shang rarely sees all the fairies, and he really wants to make a confidant with your sisters." ”

Han Xue glared at him angrily, he had never seen such a shameless person, and said coldly: "We have nothing to say." ”

The family will be with the hidden merchant to wind and rain, where have I seen the pottery merchant so low to please someone, although it is the first time I have seen such a beauty, but there is still some anger and said: "You probably don't know who my son-in-law is, it is the eldest young master of Xuzhou Thorn Shi Tao." ”

A look of pride flashed in the potter's eyes, his chest lifted a lot, and his tone suddenly became a little fuller: "The potter is just below." ”

When the women saw that he was Tao Qian's son, they couldn't help but be stunned, remembering that their sweetheart was born under Tao Qian's hands like death, and the pottery merchant actually came to tease his wife, and they couldn't help but be angry in their hearts, and the gentle and quiet Wen Ji was no exception.

(This book was first published on the starting point Chinese website)

;